Laundry-selecting mechanism.



` A. HUDDLESWN. LAUNDRY SELECIPG ME'EHANISM. ALICATIO FILED APiLl. |916.

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LAUNDRY-SELECTING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24U?, 191W..

Application led Apri121, 19,16. SerialNo. 92,679.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LBERRY A. HUDDLESTON, a citizen of the United States, and a rcsident of the city, county,and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Laundry-Selecting Mechanisms, of which the following` is a specification.

This invention relates to a selecting 1nechanism used in connection with an endless conveyer having carriers connected therewith, the purpose of the invention being to automatically select articles carried by the carriers, causing predetermined articles to be rejected or discharged from the carriers at predetermined points, causing certain articles to be grouped together.

The invention is particularly adapted to be used in laundries, and especially in the dry rooms of la-undries for the purpose of grouping together `all the garments and other articles belonging to one person, the garments or articles belonging to a number of persons being in this manner separatedV and isolated from each other.

Theinvention has for its object to pro duce a simple and improved device of the character described, the same including safety pins of `peculiar construction on which the articles may be mounted, carriers with which the safety pins are relatively connected, and mechanism whereby the safety pins with the articles mounted thereon will be automatically rejected from the carriers at predetermined points.

Further objects ofthe invention are to simplify and improve the construct-ion, ar-

rangement and operation of. the component parts of the device.

lViththese and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same con!v sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and par-` ticularly pointed out in thel claims.

In the accom an infr drawino hasloeen` illustrated asimple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structuraldetails therein exhibited,

but that changes, alterations and modifica-` tions within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a conveyer having connected therewith one of the improved carriers, showing' also a safety pin attached to the carrier and indicating indotted lines the position of the latch when the pin is discharged.

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation of the carrier, the conveyer and the carrier track being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the pin detached.

Fig. et is a perspective detail view of the latch detached, i

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of the trigger and the follower with which the trig ger is connected.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

Referring new to the drawing, l5 designates a portion of an endless conveyor, which may he of any desired construction, a chain having been shown for the purpose of illustration. le is aoarrier liaving a shank l? that is connected with the conveyor. The shank has also been shown as being equipped with wheels 1S traveling on a track 19 but this is merely illustrative of a suitable construction and is not regarded as a part of the invention. While only a single carrier has been shown it is obvious that in practice, a considerable number of carriers will be connectedV with the endless conveyer at suitableintervals.

The carrier 1G has been shown as consisting of a plate, on one face of which, regarded as the front face, vertical guide members 20 are mounted, said vertical guide members being connected at their upper ends by a horizontal guide member' 2l. Guided between the guide members 20 is a vertically movable head block 22 having a stem 23 which is guided through the guide member 2l, the latter being provided with an opening 24 for the passage of said stem. A spring 25 which is coiled about the stem 23` abuts at one end of the follower or head block 22 and at the other end on the guide member 2l, serving to force the follower or head block normally in a downward direction, the downward movement being limited by a pin or stop member 26.

Pivotally mounted at 27 on the rear face of the carrier 1G is a latch member L having an upwardly extending arm 28 which is provided with a forwardly bent portion 29 that extends through a slot 30 in the carrier and is provided with an eye or keeper 3l. The latch member is also provided with a laterally extending angular arm 32 having a downwardly extending portion 33 carrying a beveled hook or latch 34 which projects beneath on@ of the guide members 20 wherebv the follower or head block 22 is guided, said hook or latch lying in the path of the follower although the latter does not necessarily contact therewith owing to the limitation of its downward movement by the stop member 26.

The trigger T which is pivotally connected with the head'block or follower at 35 eX- tends through a slot 36 in one of the guide members 20, said trigger having an upwardly extending arm 37 that entends throughthe eye or keeper 3l of the latch member and carries at its upper end an anti-friction roller 3S which is adapted for engagement with one of a series of cam members 39 which are supported at different elevations in the path of the trigger member.

S designates an attaching member for attaching garments and other articles to the carriers, said attaching member having been shown as being in the nature of a conventional safety pin, the keeper of which consists of a plate 4Q of approximately rectangular form, the same having beveled corners 4l so as to facilitate the insertion thereofbetween the lower ends of the guide members 20.

Any desired number of sets of these attaching members may be provided, the number of sets preferably corresponding with the number of cams 39, each set comprising any desired number of units. The keeper plates 40 of the different sets are made of different lengths according to the position of the cams whereby the article is released `from the carriers as is well understood. While the attaching device has been shown in the form of a safety pin, I would have it understood that the form thereof may be greatly changed without departing from the spirit or changing the scope of the invention.

In the operation of this device the attaching device is slid upward between the guide members 20, past the latch hook 34 which latter will engage beneath a shoulder 42 at the'lower edge of the keeper plate 40, such engagement taking place as soon as the keeper plate passes above the latch hook.v

The upward movement of the attaching member displaces the follower or head block 22 in an upward direction against the tension of the spring 25, carrying with it the trigger T which will thus be positioned for engagement with a predetermined cam member 39. VVhe'nsuch engagement takes' Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by' addressing the Washington, 11.0.

latch memberpivoted on the carrier'andA i having a hook projecting in the path of the follower, a 'trigger member pivotally conneeted with the follower' andl operatively connected with thelatch member, and'trigger engaging means located in1 the vpath Yof the trigger.4 4 Y i 2. In a device of the class described,` a carrier, a spring actuated follower guidedfor, vertical movement thereon, a latch member pivoted on the carrier and having a latch hook projecting in'thepath of the follower, said latch member beingprovided with ay keeper, and a' trigger member pivotally connected with the follower and having an arm extending throughsaid keeper. Y

3. In a device ofthe class described,'a car-p rier having a slot, a spring actuated follower guided for vertical movement on oneifface of said carrier, a latch member pivotedfo'n the other face of the carrierand having a keeper extending through the slot'therein, and a trigger member pivotally connected 'with'the follower and having an arm'ofuidedlthrough the keeper or' the latch mem er.

4. AIn a device of theclass described va carrier having a slot, a spring actuated follower guided for vertical -movement on one face of Vsaid carrier, a latch member pivoted on the other face of thecarrier and having a keeper extending through the slot therein, and I a. Vtrigger member pivotally Vconnected with the follower and having an? arm guided through the keeper ofthe latch member in a combination with an attaching member havinga plate adaptedto be guided inengage! ment wit-h the follower and having ashoulderadapted for engagement with the latch hook. f Y f Signed at Oklahoma city, inthe county of i Oklahoma, and State of'Oklahoma, this 14V day of Jiprih'in the year of our Lord, ni'ne-` teen hundred'and sixteen. s

BERRYAHUDDLSTN.

Commissioner of Patents, 

